The US president has touted his administration’s record in a prime-time national address
US President Donald Trump has delivered a prime-time address to his nation, highlighting domestic policy, the economy, border enforcement, and foreign policy successes while making no mention of rising tensions with Venezuela or his efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict.
Speaking from the White House on Wednesday night, Trump said he had “inherited a mess” when he returned to office nearly a year ago and claimed his administration had rapidly reversed what he described as the economic decline, border chaos, and global instability which had prevailed under his predecessor, Joe Biden.
Trump repeatedly pointed to inflation, which he blamed on the previous administration, arguing that prices had surged to record levels before falling sharply under his leadership. He cited declines in the cost of gasoline, groceries, air travel, and housing-related expenses, while claiming wages were now rising faster than inflation for the first time in years.
On immigration, Trump said his administration had secured the southern border “starting on day one,” claiming that no illegal migrants had been allowed into the country for months and that criminal deportations had restored safety to major cities. He credited executive action rather than new legislation for what he called a dramatic turnaround at the border.
The president highlighted tariffs as a central pillar of his economic strategy, saying they had driven record investment back into the United States and fueled job creation entirely within the private sector. Trump claimed his policies had attracted trillions of dollars in new investment and sparked a manufacturing revival across industries ranging from automobiles to artificial intelligence.
Trump also outlined plans for sweeping tax cuts, prescription drug price reductions, healthcare reform, and aggressive energy expansion, declaring that the US was entering an economic boom “the likes of which the world has never seen.”
On foreign policy, Trump asserted that his administration had “settled eight wars,” eliminated the “Iranian nuclear threat,” and brought “for the first time in 3,000 years peace to the Middle East.”
Trump described the US military as the strongest in the world and announced a one-time “Warrior Dividend” payment of $1,776 to more than one million service members, funded in part by tariff revenues.
In conclusion, Trump pledged to always “put America first” and said the country was once again respected globally and poised for a historic comeback ahead of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence next year.
